The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Beach makeup 5 Japanese P.M.

Shinzo ___ 8 Heads of

families 13 Mocker of Hamlet’s “unmanly grief” 15 Throw in the

direction of 16 On the table 18 Controversial food preservative, for short 19 That’s a moray! 20 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 21 Like the baseball of the New Orleans Baby Cakes 22 D as in dates? 24 “I give up” 29 Cozy places? 32 Emmy- and Oscar-winning Melissa 33 Denoting a 3" nail, socalled from its original cost 34 “Doggone it!” 37 Like family-friendly films 38 Women’s rights

activist Mott 40 Nail

41 “You’re really testing my patience right now …” 42 Lead singer of Coldplay, once married to Gwyneth Paltrow 46 Rhimes who created “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” 47 Nail

50 Refrain

syllables

53 Item under a fairy tale princess’ mattress 56 Impersonal

“you”

57 Driving test challenge … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters

60 Web issues 61 Chin stroker’s

comment 62 Couples 63 Music purchases of the 1990s and early 2000s

64 First in line

Down

1 Kind of gear

for a diver 2 Top dog

3 Pact inveighed against by Trump 4 Couple 5 Congressional

staffer

6 Uses as a

foundation 7 Start of

something? 8 Secant’s

reciprocal 9 Attack 10 Trident-shaped

letters

11 Early tribe met by Lewis and Clark

12 Some heirs 14 Eazy-E collaborator, informally 15 Dutch export 17 Paintball gear,

familiarly 23 “Heavens!” 24 Plenty angry 25 Chinese secret

society

26 Send

27 Take effect 28 Slugger

Sammy 29 Head of a classroom, in slang

30 Put in 31 Gibbon, e.g. 33 ___ II (Gillette

razor) 34 It starts when an overture’s over

35 Carolina ___

(state bird) 36 Power (up) 39 Not yet used 41 Mother of

Perseus 43 Singapore, e.g. 44 Sources of oil 45 Gangsters’ gals 47 Statistical

distractions 48 Take without

asking

49 Sire

50 Hit 100, say 51 Blurred 52 Gershwin’s “Summertime,” e.g.

54 Grub

55 Branch 58 Business

letters?

59 He’s a doll

Natan Last, Andy Kravis and The J.A.S.A. Crossword Class No. 0307